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Peel the tomatoes - prick them
with a sharp knife, place in a bowl
and cover with boiling water. Leave
for a few seconds then drain and cover with cold water. The skins will
now come away easily.

Chop the tomatoes and aubergine and seed and chop the
peppers. Put in a large heavy-based
pan with the onions and
garlic and bring to the boil. Cover
with a lid, lower the heat and gently
simmer for about one hour, stirring
occasionally, until tender.

Tip the sugar, vinegar, salt, coriander, paprika and cayenne
into the pan and bring to the boil
over a medium heat, stirring, until
the sugar has dissolved. Continue
to boil for 30 minutes or so, until the
mixture achieves a chunky chutney
consistency and the surplus watery
liquid has evaporated. Take care
towards the end of the cooking
time to continue stirring so that the
chutney doesn't catch on the
bottom of the pan.

Ladle the chutney into sterilised or dishwasher-clean jars (Kilner
jars are ideal) and top with paper jam covers. Seal the jars while still
hot. Leave to mature for at least a
month in a cool dark place.

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Comments

This recipe went down really well as gifts last Christmas. You really do have to follow the recipe to the letter to get the best results. Mine wasn't a particularly thick chutney, but I have nothing but compliments from colleagues about it.

This is a great recipe. My family loves Mary Berry's recipes. Tried getting my hands on the jars in the picture but they aren't very good for hot filling. If you want your chutney to last and look amazing buy some Le Parfait jars as they are the best. I found this great company selling them cheap for Christmas - amazing as gifts too - https://shop.rawlingsbristol.co.uk/

I have never made a chutney before and found this recipe really easy to follow. I added twice as much cayenne chilli powder just because we like a lot of spice and for me its just the right balance of spice and sweetness..The end product has turned out very well! Great sticky consistency. Extremely tasty, will definitely be making it again:-)

I am very very grateful for all the reviews on this chutney and I am very very sorry to have to write a tepid review on Mary Berry's Christmas Chutney. I know how many people rate it and I am sure my effort will be fine (fingers crossed!). But as so many people have said it takes absolutely AGES to reduce, 30 mins turned into 2 and a half hours (I fully accept the pan I was using was probably not the best shape). But I was beginning to despair. It also made me wonder if Mary Berry has actually made this chutney herself or has simply put her name to it? By the time the liquid had reduced, so had the contents so it absolutely did not yield 6 lbs. I managed to fill two 1lb kilner jars, and two small jars that once contained mint sauce or something like that. So I now have four of the cleanest, most sterilised 1lb kilner jars in existence with nothing to do!! It would be good to hear from Mary Berry herself but am quite certain she has better things to do than pat me down!!

I have just finished making some. I know already that it is going to taste lovely once stored, but I DOUBLED the recipe and only got 6x 500ml Kilner jars. I wasn't even able to fill them to the brim either. Bit of a shame because of all the work involved. I will have to do another double batch to get what I originally wanted.

I've just popped this wonderful chutney away until Christmas, but not without saving a tiny jar for myself now! This recipe worked beautifully, the prep was time-consuming but easy and worth it. I left out the aubergine and used a tad more onion and pepper, and as for the cayenne pepper I went with 1 1/2 tsp after reading other comments, which was perfect. This chutney is fairly sweet, but no more than a shop-bought one, and the spices are perfect. I left the lid off for the first boil which meant that the final boil was much quicker- about 45 mins. I managed to make 3 quite big jars, which were just recycled ones that I'd saved. You do have to be really careful on the final boil not to burn it, which is what I did, but I quickly rescued it and put it in another pan, and it was fine, I just had to spend a while scrubbing the original pan! A really great recipe, which I'm sure the whole family will love when they receive it as presents on Christmas day!

I liked the recipe but wouldn't call it outstanding. Used half the cayenne suggested. The final boil is over an hour. I would also recommend making more than the recipe suggest as it is quite a long process for only 4 jars.

Amazing! How am I meant to let this mature for a month without eating it all. I want to give some away at Xmas. I also blended mine till smooth as didn't want it chunky but now I think it's better chunky. Such a great recipe I'll be making more before Xmas.

I completely agree with the previous comment. You can't buy chutney like this. Follow the recipe to the letter, although I only ended up with about 3 1/2lb of chutney. Spice level is perfect, I was a bit dubious after reading other comments but so glad I stayed true to the recipe.

This is the most amazing chutney I have made. Friends and family literally went nuts for it. Can be time consuming but in the best possible way. Put on the Christmas tunes, grab a glass of mulled wine and get chopping. Tastes and smells delicious, making double this year to cover demand. Absolute winner!

Absolutely gorgeous! I made a batch of this and it was my first time at making jam or chutney. I found it very easy to make, the final boil was much more than 30 mins as others have mentioned. I think that mine was more like 1 hour and 30 mins. I also found that it made no where near 2.5 kilos. But it is so tasty! And it has a little kick to it too. I will definitely be making another batch for Christmas.

I have made this again today, I make it about 3 or 4 times a year every year. A friend called in when it was cooking and loved the smell so much waited until it was finished and has gone home with a jar, I very much doubt that she is going to wait a month to try. In fact my daughter has just eaten it warm from the pan with some cheese and really enjoyed it.

I just finished making my second batch , can't wait to have some . First batch given as Xmas presents , so delicious I was sorry I only kept 2 small jars for myself, all of which was consumed over Xmas . I followed the recipe exactly , used a preserving pan and found it probably only took 50 mins for final boil after adding sugar . Will be making again

I didn't get chance to make this in time for Christmas and have just made my first batch today. It's the first time I've ever made a chutney so only made a half batch this time.
I found the instructions easy to follow but took a little longer to thicken up about an extra 20 mins. I did blend the chutney up a bit at the end as I don't really like it too chunky.
This will definitely be a repeat cook recipe in my house as had to stop my husband eating out of the pan when it was finished! Definitely making a huge batch for next Christmas!!

This chutney is the best! It's gone down a storm with my friends & family who had home made hampers with this in, I left us with a large jar & since opening it on Boxing Day it's nearly all gone! Amazing!! This will be a throughout the year staple in my house now! I think I will make it next time with sweetner rather than sugar & see how it turns out to make it a bit more "slimming" friendly!!

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